Reading List

The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

Building native packages is complicated

Especially if you want a UX as good as Docker images give you.

Optimizing JPEGs with MozJPEG for local archival

Writing a wrapper script around MozJPEG to achieve ~80% compression on large JPEGs with little downside.

Nuclear disarmament: The institutional landscape (UU lecture notes)

I attended a lecture on the institutional landscape of nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament this week. My rough notes are below.

Surround yourself.

You can’t live life alone. A community is essential. One of the most important steps to beating depression enough to function, which I would argue can be a life-long exercise, is to hang out with people who remind you the glass is half full. When you witness people who are hopeful in so many ways, you can borrow a little ... Continue reading →

Sounds and signs of spring in Uppsala

I heard Isabelle Demers play the Åkerman organ at Uppsala Domkyrka last week. As far as first organ recitals go, this was a beautiful one to have gotten the opportunity to start with - even though the instrument did not seem to particularly resonate with me. Or maybe I just need to hear more of it to properly appreciate it.